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based researcher whose findings shed light on a murky area of Internet governance that is all too often exploited by spammers and scammers alike. ” For example, documents obtained from the government of Uganda by Guilmette and others show Byaruhanga registered a private company called ipv4leasing after joining AFRINIC.
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